I am a simple and spirited woman in my 6th decade of life, with a deep, passionate love and respect for this beautiful mother planet and Her creatures. In recent years my love and respect have been joined by pain, horror, terror and, at times, great despair as I have witnessed the turning of the planet toward the most devastating, human caused, environmental tragedy the earth has ever seen. In our short stay on the planet we have managed to damage Her, it seems, beyond repair...or at least beyond Her ability to sustain life as she once has. I have always had a fierce dedication to supporting the planet through the human transformation that comes from respectful interaction with, and explorations of the wilderness and the beings that live here. Now, however, this work of bringing people to the wilderness is slanted toward how can we each ACT in our most authentically potent way, to bring the change that is needed to our world. . . NOW. I have been sharing the wilderness with others for 28 years, both as a guide and one who was guided.

The Earth and Her creatures have been my constant companions, teachers and my comfort for my entire life. As I grew into a woman and started spending longer periods in a deepened intimacy with the Earth, I learned to love Her as a feminine body, as a Mother and as my teacher. I began having glimpses of my own reflection in Her. The more I looked, the more fascinated and curious I became. With each new awareness, I felt myself coming home. Not only was I beginning to really see my true Mother, but also my own true Self and my passionate soul. To really receive, understand and reflect back the echoes of the Earth is now my privileged task, my gift and my passion. I am thrilled over and over when I can share that with others. In seeing ourselves mirrored by this planet and her beings, we find a pathway into ourselves, and we begin to map out the unique beauty of our inner landscape.

My personal medicine pouch is "filled" with a wonderful variation of exercises, conversations, experiences, ceremonies and wanderings that will serve as your tools for exploring your new world. Through my studies and schooling, as well as my own intuitive knowings, I offer a wealth of suggested skills to guide your awareness and mark your trail as you wander new and forgotten landscapes inside and out.

My most in depth training as a guide came through the amazing guides at Animas Valley Institute and The School of Lost Borders. I did a year-long training with Animas Valley Inst. and spent a month with Steven Foster and Meredith Little to enhance my understanding of guiding one who is questing for a vision. I now guide for Animas in addition to Earth's Echo. I am certified as a Wilderness First Responder under the National Outdoor Leadership School, and I have also studied under Martin Prechtel, Tom Brown, John Milton and various others. The majority of my inspiration and passion, however, comes from direct experience and the intuitive knowing that Mother Earth has whispered softly in my ears since childhood.

In the last several years Jade began taking special interest (for obvious reasons) in women who were working to change the world. She began to notice that it seemed that there was almost an epidemic of exhausted, depleted and unsupported women doing extremely important work in the world. At that time the gestation began in Jade for an idea that eventually was birthed as Nature Moving Women. Jade's hope is that NMW offers a venue of support for women who are actively engaged in caring for the world AND for those who want to be in a deeper relationship with the world through their own earth/body wisdom. Look for the upcoming: www.naturemovingwomen.com